For many years one or two statewide events for Ohio Farm Bureauís Young Agricultural Professionals (YAP) represented most of the opportunities specifically for Farm Bureau members ages 18-35. Now many county level YAP groups are beginning to form or to become established parts of their county Farm Bureauís programming.

The Ohio BWC is moving to a prospective billing process, meaning it will collect payment before issuing coverage rather than after. As part of this change, farmers will have to enroll in their group rating program by Nov. 14, 2014.

Ohio Farm Bureau was part of an effort to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve $3 million for online tools and educational programs to help farmers learn about several key farm bill programs.

The purpose of the call was to collect information from the Farm Bureau members about how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyís proposed changes to the Worker Protection Standard (WPS) will affect their operations.